How to increase public awareness that CFR is unconstitutional

[Smile-n-Win]

Pollster: Do you support reforming campaign finance?
John Doe: Why, sure.

Pollster: Would you support restricting free speech?
John Doe: Of course not!

Obsessed as politicians are with polls, the one reliable way to prevent unconstitutional legislation from being enacted is to turn public sentiment against it. I would like to suggest a simple strategy for increasing public awareness that CFR is unconstitutional:

• Whenever you mention CFR, on Free Republic or elsewhere, use the word "unconstitutional" in the same sentence. Examples: "I'm disappointed with President Bush because he signed the unconstitutional CFR." "Ken Starr is arguing before the Supreme Court against the unconstitutional CFR." "Did your senator vote for the unconstitutional CFR?" "The Democrats won the elections because of the unconstitutional CFR."
• Don't only mention the unconstitutional CFR on Free Republic. Bring the subject up with your friends, colleagues, and acquaintances. Remember to say "unconstitutional" whenever you say "CFR."
• If your representative or senator voted against CFR, write him suggesting this same strategy. Tell him to say "unconstitutional" whenever he says "CFR" on TV, in a newspaper interview, or in a campaign speech.
• Write to Conservative newspaper editors, columnists, and talk show hosts suggesting this strategy. Tell them never to say "CFR" without saying "unconstitutional" in the same sentence.

This is a strategy that has worked all too well for the Liberals. People now believe that the welfare state is something good, that killing your baby is OK, that it is normal for a sex blind couple to adopt and raise a child, and so on--things everyone would have recognized as absurd a couple of decades ago. This has happened because they've kept repeating their lies over and over again, accompanying them with words that sound like a serious argument to the superficial observer.

If the media kept telling us the sky was green rather than blue, many of our non-freeper friends would actually believe them after a sufficient number of repetitions.

The time has come to turn this weapon of the Liberals against them. Let's roll! Let's kill the unconstitutional CFR!

[Texaggie79]

An FR room?

[T. P. Pole]

This is a strategy that has worked all too well for the Liberals. . . . they've kept repeating their lies over and over again, accompanying them with words that sound like a serious argument to the superficial observer.

And that is my concern with this method. I like the idea, but to say "they lie, and we should copy them" suggests that we are lying too.

[MeekOneGOP]

Good idea and good post. I just included your article in Breaking in case anyone says anything to you about it
being there. I pinged a bunch of folks too. We need to tell Bush NOT TO SIGN THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL bill................

[lawdog]

Please tell me why it is unconstitutional

Go to www.heritage.org

[Smile-n-Win]

I think we need to start a petition to President Bush and tell him NOT to sign that unconstitutional garbage.

Absolutely. I still hope the President will not sign the unconstitutional CFR. This is just contingency planning.

I also am going to compose a letter to him and e-mail it as well.

I thought you already did that! I e-mailed him yesterday.

[PRND21]

They are basically making it illegal to criticize the government.

You just did.
Have you seen those ads? They should be illegal.

As I understand it, you can place an ad if you source the money and backers.
Speaking of sources...

One provision says you cannot do an "issue" ad 60 (or 30) days before an election.

Which provision is that? Can you post it? Anyone?

[firebrand]

What proves that this restriction is un-Constitutional is the fact that such speech would be perfectly legal for 275 days of the year. Protected by the Constitution, don't you know. Think of the outrage if such speech were banned completely. OK, then why for 90 days of the year? It's either wrong or it's right. If it's right, you can't take it away just because an election is coming up.

[PRND21]

I don't see any CFR info on Heritage...do you have a more specific link?
Thanks.

[MeekOneGOP]

I have also heard this bill referred to as the......
Incumbent Protection Bill

[sakic]

N.B. The purpose of this thread is not to bash President Bush. It is to save him from being bashed by Liberals in 2004, without any counterbalance.

The purpose of all threads is to give one's own honest opinion of the topic at hand, not to be shills for anyone or anything.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Actually, issue ads by individuals or organizations, paid for with hard money, whose sources are disclosed, are completely permissible.

[Mixer]

That is restricting speech, thus is against the first amendment, and thus is unconstitutional.

Isn't the mere fact that the FCC regulates the media against the constitution?

[BornOnTheFourth]

LOVE that idea. I'm going to make one!

[backhoe]

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[sakic]

Seriously now, it restricts free speech

Technically, isn't it restricting paid for speech? When the Constitution was written there was no way to account for things like television advertising.

[PRND21]

That's the same link lawdog kindly posted...where's CRF info? I searched and browsed.

[eskimo]

The Council On Foreign Relations should be abolished!

Seemingly off topic but quite relevant actually.

Without the federal puppets installed by the Washington establishment's controllers who fancy themselves Marxist type administrators of socialist government, we might not be subjected to this assault on our Constitution and our individual liberty.

[Brownie74]

Go to Petition Online and see if one hasn't already been started. If not start one and post it here on FR.

I'll sure sign it.

[PaulJ]

CFR, as far as I know, has nothing to do with the times, places, and manner of holding elections. Right?